There is nothing new about Childcare pods – Childminders having being doing it for years! Childminders have been minding small groups of children in a home based setting for years. …
Here is a very informative article written by Dr Mary Maloney, Board Member of Childminding Ireland relating to caring-for and caring-about children during COVID-19.
Below are some stay at home activities which have helped Childminding Ireland staff make things more interesting for their families during lockdown. Let us know what has been working for …
Here are a selection of online resources which may be of use to you and your family during COVID-19. Children’s Resources Learning Through Play Aistear, the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework …
Click here to read the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society & Business, published 1st May 2020: Roadmap for Reopening Society & Business
We have always known that good hygiene practices are important in order to stay healthy, and to keep the children we mind healthy. The fact that Covid-19 has arrived here …
Click here to access links on up-to-date information relating to COVID-19 published by the Department of Children & Youth Affairs (DCYA). This link also has a document which DCYA have …
We hope you are all staying well at this difficult time. Here are some suggestions and links (in blue) to more information which may help you, your family and your …
Trying to make decisions in such a time of uncertainty is really difficult. The best we can do is to make sure that we are informed by the specialists, so …
Dear Childminders, It’s hard to write a “Spring Newsletter” as we experience weekend after weekend of storms. Ciara, Dennis and Jorge have come and gone leaving our country waterlogged and …